impatience
The quality of being impatientThe quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
» He made a gesture of impatience.
Er machte eine ungeduldige Geste.
Он сделал нетерпеливый жест.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
Ungeduld
нетерпе́ниеneterpénije
нетерпі́нняneterpínnja
- a dislike of anything that causes delay
- a restless desire for change and excitement
- a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
Examples
21 sentencesHe made a gesture of impatience.
ruОн сделал нетерпеливый жест. — marafon
deEr machte eine ungeduldige Geste. — Zaghawa
Tom tried to suppress his impatience.
He could no longer contain his impatience.
ruОн больше не мог скрывать своё нетерпение. — Karok
I don't take kindly to pushiness or impatience.
The audience showed their impatience by stamping of feet.
deDie Zuhörer brachten stampfenden Fußes ihre Ungeduld zum Ausdruck. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatiInherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- + patience.
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Forms
plural: impatiences| Singular | impatience |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay:restlessness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable